Bushfire!

Photo by Allan Whitby

 

Christmas  is the bushfire danger time in Australia. CMAC's field is set amongst bushland, and the fire season is always a time of worry. The photo above shows the remains of the toilet facilities just a few days before the Club's 1997 Christmas party. The fire razed the bush on three sides, but missed the structures and the shade trees and left a patch of green amidst a swathe of destruction.

A working bee quickly had an interim facility in place for the Christmas party, 'cause when you gotta go - you gotta go :)

Photo by Allan Whitby

Photo by Allan Whitby

Photo by Allan Whitby

Close to the shelter The other side of the airstrip Aussie Ingenuity
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Last modified: January 14, 2004